Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - VINYL LP

The Understated Debut That Launched a Peerless Career Bob Dylan Is the Clearest Connection to the Singer-Songwriter's Folk Roots Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl for Reference Playback Mobile Fidelity 33RPM SuperVinyl Mono LP Features the Direct Sound Dylan IntendedBob Dylan's self-titled 1962 debut is as understated of an entrance as any significant musician as ever made. Well-versed in American roots music, Dylan simultaneously pays homage to tradition and extends it by putting his own stamp on classic material that metaphorically functions as the soil of contemporary songs and styles. Free of ego, and performed with masterful conviction, Bob Dylan ranks with the initial efforts of giants like Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.Nodding to Woody Guthrie and re-imagining Blind Lemon Jefferson's 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,' Dylan straddles the past and future. He authoritatively displays the ability to handle weighty topics such as death, sorrow, and lamentation with the vaudeville flair, bluesy mannerisms, and poignant command of an artist three times his then-20-year-old age.Sourced from the original master tapes, housed in a Stoughton jacket, and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM mono SuperVinyl LP brings the contents of this seminal as close as they've ever come to live-in-the-studio quality. Transparent to the source, Dylan's voice, acoustic guitar, and harmonica come across with exceptional realism - the 'husk and bark' to which Robert Shelton referred in his legendary New York Times review of a Dylan appearance at Gerde's Folk City - courtesy of the 's nearly non-existent noise floor, groove definition, and quiet surfaces.Heard in the original mono configuration, Dylan's vocals are in the heart of the musical action and as one with the accompaniment. This reissue paints an incredibly accu